Novak Djokovic suffers shock defeat by Bernard Tomic ahead of Australian Open

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Djokovic has suffered a surprise defeat by Tomic at the Hopman CupTony Ashby/AFP/Getty Images

Mark Cue

Published at 2:51PM, January 2 2013

Novak Djokovic has suffered a blow ahead of the defence of his Australian Open
title with a surprise defeat by Bernard Tomic at the Hopman Cup.

The world No 1 looked out of sorts as he succumbed 6-4, 6-4 to the 20-year-old
Australian inside 84 minutes at the Perth Arena, less than a fortnight
before the first grand slam tournament of the year begins in Melbourne.

Djokovic looked short of energy against a player who, in recent times, has
failed to live up to the promise he showed when he reached the
quarter-finals at Wimbledon two years ago having won